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USA: Even After Inaugural Address, White House Says Marriage is a State Issue

Written by scott on January 23rd, 2013

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked today if the Obama administration’s position on marriage has shifted following his inaugural remarks yesterday that “our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.”

It has not, the Washington Blade reports:

NBC News’ Kristen Welker was first to ask whether the remarks — which suggested a national call to support marriage equality — represent a shift in Obama’s way of thinking from his previous position that marriage should be left to the states and not handled at the federal level.